The campaigns for and against a new Texas Rangers stadium are a financial mismatch more lopsided than the Toronto Blue Jays' recent three-game playoff sweep.

The pro-stadium side has spent about 264 times the amount contributed to the anti-stadium campaign, according to reports filed Tuesday. Voters on Nov. 8 will decide whether to authorize use of a half-cent of sales tax, hotel tax, car rental tax, ticket tax and parking tax to help fund a new $1 billion baseball stadium.

Vote Yes! Keep the Rangers raised $617,707 and spent $564,479 in this latest campaign reporting period. Of that amount, the Rangers donated $550,000, accounting for 89 percent of the campaign's income in this latest reporting period. That was slightly more than the team paid this year for either closer Sam Dyson or second baseman/playoff scapegoat Rougned Odor.

The campaign had already raised $37,000 from the Arlington Chamber of Commerce Foundation, according to its July campaign finance filing. Most of that money was used to hire Mayes Media Group to run the campaign.

Stadium opponents Citizens for a Better Arlington reported $7,688 in donations and spent $2,264, according to the new campaign filing. The group started the Save Our Stadium campaign to fight a proposed $500 million taxpayer investment in a retractable-roof stadium for the American League West champions.

When its July filing was due, Citizens for a Better Arlington had not started fundraising and had just a single $5 donation. The group — which previously fought a successful effort against red-light cameras in Arlington — had $511 in the bank at the time.

Andy Prior, a spokesman for Save Our Stadium, said he was surprised the pro-stadium's total wasn't higher.

Brian Mayes, spokesman for Keep the Rangers, said he was proud of the large amount of small-dollar contributions the group received.

"These are people who live in Arlington who understand the value of keeping the Rangers here and how devastating it would be if the Rangers were to leave," Mayes said. "If the Rangers left, that's 2.5 million people who aren't going to be coming here."

Most of the contributions fell in the $100-$250 range, but there also were contributions as low as $10.

An artist rendering shows the outfield plaza of a new retractable roof ballpark (left) that flows into a new entertainment venue (right).

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The new campaign filings cover the campaign period from July 1 to Sept. 29. Vote Yes! filed its report with the city of Arlington and Citizens for a Better Arlington filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.

The next round of finance reports are due Oct. 31, a week after early voting starts.

The Vote Yes! filings showed that all but a few of the 80 donors came from Arlington. None were from out of the state.

The pro-stadium group's next largest donation was $25,000 from Nehemiah Real Estate Advisors, which helped manage development of the large Viridian subdivision in North Arlington and is developing a mixed-use project just north of Interstate 30 in Arlington.

Prominent individual contributors include Jim Baker, University of Texas at Arlington athletic director; retired Arlington City Manager Jay Doegey; Paula Pierson, a former Arlington City Council member and former state representative.

Jim Baker, UT-Arlington athletic director, pictured during the unveiling of the NCAA logo for the Arlington 2014 Final Four on November 8, 2012 at Cowboys Stadium.

(Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News)

"We're about to have 5,000 signs in people's yards," Mayes said. "I'd say that's a pretty strong show of support."

In this week's filing, Citizens for a Better Arlington reported donations from 31 people in amounts ranging from $10 to $2,001.

The largest contribution came from former City Council member Mel LeBlanc, who resigned his District 1 seat in 2012 after battling drug problems. Arlington resident Corinne Veteikis, who has previously been a critic of City Hall funding, donated $2,000.

Kelly Canon, one of the campaign organizers, also donated $865.50 worth of T-shirts and legal services.

Other notable donations included $400 from Jerome Pikulinski, who ran unsuccessfully five times against former Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck. In that final race, Cluck lost to current Mayor Jeff Williams.

All the donations except one — a $100 contribution from a Burleson resident — came from Arlington.

The Save Our Stadium campaign —which advocates for keeping 22-year-old Globe Life Park — had $5,027.59 cash on hand, according to its report.

In the anti-stadium campaign, most of the spending — nearly $1,500 — went toward signs or campaign "push" cards.

Kelly Canon

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The campaign also spent $515.10 on Southlake-based DHC Data, which conducted a poll showing the anti-stadium side ahead.

In support of the stadium deal, the lion's share of that group's expenses — $452,862 — went to Mayes, a political consultant running the campaign. Of that total, $61,681 went toward polling, which showed the pro-stadium side had a large lead.

Most of the rest was for consulting expenses, postage, advertising and printing, which Mayes provided.